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stope
(stōp)n.
An excavation in the form of steps made by the mining of ore from steeply inclined or vertical veins.
tr.v. stoped, stop·ing, stopes
To remove (ore) from or mine by means of a stope.
[Perhaps from Low German, step, from Middle Low German stōpe.]
stop′er n.
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stope
(stəʊp)n
(Mining & Quarrying) a steplike excavation made in a mine to extract ore
vb
(Mining & Quarrying) to mine (ore, etc) by cutting stopes
[C18: probably from Low German stope; see stoop2]
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stope
(stoʊp)n., v. stoped, stop•ing. n.
1. an excavation made in a mine, esp. from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
v.i., v.t. 2. to mine by stopes.
[1740–50; appar. < Low German stope; see stoop 2]
stop′er, n.
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stope
Past participle: stoped
Gerund: stoping
| Imperative |
|---|
| stope |
| stope |
| Present |
|---|
| I stope |
| you stope |
| he/she/it stopes |
| we stope |
| you stope |
| they stope |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I stoped |
| you stoped |
| he/she/it stoped |
| we stoped |
| you stoped |
| they stoped |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am stoping |
| you are stoping |
| he/she/it is stoping |
| we are stoping |
| you are stoping |
| they are stoping |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have stoped |
| you have stoped |
| he/she/it has stoped |
| we have stoped |
| you have stoped |
| they have stoped |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was stoping |
| you were stoping |
| he/she/it was stoping |
| we were stoping |
| you were stoping |
| they were stoping |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had stoped |
| you had stoped |
| he/she/it had stoped |
| we had stoped |
| you had stoped |
| they had stoped |
| Future |
|---|
| I will stope |
| you will stope |
| he/she/it will stope |
| we will stope |
| you will stope |
| they will stope |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have stoped |
| you will have stoped |
| he/she/it will have stoped |
| we will have stoped |
| you will have stoped |
| they will have stoped |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be stoping |
| you will be stoping |
| he/she/it will be stoping |
| we will be stoping |
| you will be stoping |
| they will be stoping |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been stoping |
| you have been stoping |
| he/she/it has been stoping |
| we have been stoping |
| you have been stoping |
| they have been stoping |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been stoping |
| you will have been stoping |
| he/she/it will have been stoping |
| we will have been stoping |
| you will have been stoping |
| they will have been stoping |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been stoping |
| you had been stoping |
| he/she/it had been stoping |
| we had been stoping |
| you had been stoping |
| they had been stoping |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would stope |
| you would stope |
| he/she/it would stope |
| we would stope |
| you would stope |
| they would stope |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have stoped |
| you would have stoped |
| he/she/it would have stoped |
| we would have stoped |
| you would have stoped |
| they would have stoped |
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